Qin Official

"More than twenty-four thousand dollars!?"

Heifu was shocked by this "astronomical number".

Darling, these can be exchanged for ten pairs of good armors. Converted into millet, that’s more than 300 shi, or nearly 20,000 kilograms!

But it’s right to think about it. The rule of a king is not to rush into thieves. In the Qin Code, like its predecessor, the Book of Dharma, the law of catching thieves ranks first, because thieves running rampant on the road will cause great damage to social security. The governor of Nanjun expressed his grief over this situation in his official document, so it was reasonable to encourage officials and people to catch thieves with heavy rewards.

Now Hei Fu felt a little happy. If everything went as Ji Ying said, he would have transformed from a poor soldier with nothing to a household worth ten thousand yuan in the Qin Kingdom.

However, he noticed that Ji Ying was looking at the three thieves with earnest eyes. A thought flashed through his mind, and he smiled and said, "Ji Ying, what you said is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Ji Ying was stunned.

Heifu said: "It was obvious that you and I met a thief on the road and arrested him together. You should share the credit for this!"

"I..." Ji Ying was speechless. He had regretted why he hadn't taken down the thief who was confronting him. He was also jealous of Heifu's good luck, but he didn't have the nerve to share the credit. Because Heifu took down these three thieves on his own! He just stood there and watched, not helping in any way.

Heifu didn't think so: "Thank you for containing a thief, otherwise the four of them would have swarmed me, and I would be dead on the roadside right now."

"I really can't bear it."

Ji Ying blushed and was about to refuse, but Hei Fu had already made up his mind, patted him and said, "We live and die together, we should share this wealth!"

Ji Ying was so moved by this that he opened his mouth several times and swallowed it back. After a while, he bowed heavily to Hei Fu and said, "Hei Fu, from today on, I, Ji Ying, treat you as my own brother. I’ll be treated! If you can use me wherever you can, just give me your orders!”

Heifu quickly helped him up. In Heifu's opinion, although Ji Ying was a bit weak in skills and talkative, he was still a good person, especially since he didn't run away when he was in trouble. So Heifu felt that this friend was worth making, and if he could get a promise from him, he might actually be useful in the future.

Furthermore, the common man is not guilty, but he is responsible for the treasure. Hei Fu received such a big reward alone, and he felt a little uneasy. He alone can't keep an eye on three people at the same time. It would be better to have multiple conspirators escort the thief together. Anyway, minus one person, the remaining two people can give him a reward of more than 16,000 yuan, which is enough.

With this money, even if he joins the army a few years later, Heifu won't have to write home to his mother to ask for money or clothes. This will turn the gears of his destiny a little bit.

While the two were pushing back and forth, the two injured among the three thieves were groaning in pain, while the bearded man who was tied up suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahahahahaha!"

He laughed so hard that his saliva flowed onto his beard, as if he had seen the biggest joke in the world and was laughing with all his heart.

Ji Ying was furious, went over and kicked him hard, and cursed: "Thief, what's so funny!"

The big man with the beard raised his head and grinned: "What I'm laughing at is that I didn't expect that I was so valuable. Why did I never know it after living for more than thirty years?"

Hei Fu and Ji Ying were stunned, and the big man with the beard started chattering: "My name is Pan. Like you, I was once a member of the Qin State. I never left this county until one day, the government recruited me." I enlisted in the army, so I set out in rags. I was in a desperate mood at the time, thinking that I could cut off a few heads and win a title, and shine in the countryside. Who would have thought..."

"Who would have thought that you would find that the battlefield is not wonderful at all?"

Heifu could probably guess what the bearded man had gone through. In his previous life, his uncle had participated in the self-defense counterattack. He once told them that not everyone can adapt to the battlefield. For some people, a little bit of The smell of death is enough to make them collapse. When you charge forward, there are always people running away in the opposite direction.

This was especially true in ancient times. The Qin State raised troops every year. In theory, each person would only be drafted twice, but this law became an empty text. The actual situation is that under the will of King Qin, every soldier must participate in countless wars year after year. On the battlefield, the younger brother watched his elder brother die, the father lost his son, and the belly of the country party was cut open by a sharp sword... Even those who survived the first ten battles may collapse in the eleventh fight.

So there were deserters and dead people, and in Qin's code, this kind of people were already synonymous with dead people and slaves.

"In the Qin State, if you escape once, you will never be able to return to the army or your hometown. Even if you go back, your parents and brothers will have to serve their sentences together." The man with the beard lowered his voice. This was because he was forced to become a bandit. s story.

Heifu was silent. This thief reminded him of the Heifu brothers in history. Maybe with just a thought, they would end up like this man.

A dozen years later, Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, would probably be in a similar situation. He hid in the mountains, tried to get amnesty but was unable to do so, his wife and children were also arrested and imprisoned, and finally turned against him.

"Tell me, when you were a soldier, you were worthless and worthless, but when you became a bandit, your worth doubled, is it funny or not?"

Ji Ying scratched his head, but hardened his heart, kicked the bearded man again, and cursed: "But you were a thief in Yunmengze, and you must have hurt a lot of lives and robbed a lot of money! It's the same today. You deserve it!”

The bearded man seemed to have been greatly wronged. His face turned red and he spat on the ground. He spat out a tooth that had been knocked out in the fight and cursed: "Nonsense! It's true that Nai Gong had several lives on his hands. But the people I met were all poor people, let alone fourteen gold coins, I didn’t even see one gold coin!”

Ji Ying ignored him and came up with another idea: "Brother Heifu, anyway, we have to go to the county to serve. Now we only have twenty or thirty miles to go. Hurry and take your time. We will arrive in the dark, and we will escort the three thieves directly." Go over there and hand it over to the county jail earlier to receive the reward, so that you and I can feel at ease."

"It makes sense." Hei Fu nodded. Although he felt sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, it was related to his future life and death, and he could not tolerate being soft-hearted, so he had to let these people serve as stepping stones for his wealth.

The bearded man had his hands tied behind his back and was tied to the other two, but he was still shouting: "From the time I left the military camp, I knew that today would happen. I would cook or kill, but there was one more person. ask……"

Heifu looked at him: "You said."

The big man with the beard said with an expression that sounded like crying and laughing at the same time: "After you escort me to the government, if you get a reward, you must let me take a look and touch it! Let me know that I am really worth so much money!"

"Shut up!" Ji Ying felt sad for no reason and kicked the big man again, but this time, it wasn't as hard.

Heifu and Ji Ying picked up the three thieves and forced them to go on the road. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a group of people came roaring over on the road. They were fully armed, holding bows and arrows, spears, daggers and shields, and even a horseman.

Seeing Hei Fu and others from a distance, the horseman accelerated and galloped over, shouting loudly from a distance: "Where is the thief?" When he was a few steps away from Hei Fu, he held the reins and stopped the horse, raising its hoofs. The dust blew into the faces of the two men.

Ji Ying spit out the sand and cursed: "What do you want to do, you guy!"

The man on the horse is more than 20 years old. He wears a red turban, leather armor, crimson clothes underneath, a sword at his waist, and a long and thin horse face.

Seeing the three thieves being bound, the visitor looked happy and was about to dismount his horse and go over to check. Hei Fu was dissatisfied with his arrogant attitude, so he stretched out his hand to block his way.

This person suddenly became unhappy and said with a straight face: "Bold! Do you know who I am?"

"I don't know, I just know that the thief has been captured by me." Hei Fu refused to give in.

The two looked at each other, and for a moment, the atmosphere became tense!

"Strong man, Pavilion Chief...misunderstanding, misunderstanding."

At this moment, the merchant who had just been chased by the thieves and fled came here panting. He quickly stepped forward to break up the fight, saluted the two men, and said, "Thank you two heroes for saving your life."

Then he introduced the person: "This is the local Pavilion Chief of Huyang. He is the reinforcement I found. Chief, those thieves ambushed me here..."

"Ting chief?"

Hei Fu secretly thought something was wrong, and sure enough, at this moment, those armed with weapons came over one after another. There were four of them, and they surrounded Hei Fu and aimed their bows and arrows at them!